Emotional Cristina Fernandez back in Argentina misses Chavez funeral ceremony
As world leaders were arriving at Caracas late Thursday for Friday’s funeral ceremony of President Hugo Chavez, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez and her delegation were back in Buenos Aires. The Argentine president visited the Military Hospital’s chapel Thursday noon for a final goodbye to the Venezuelan leader and then ordered the flight back to Buenos Aires.
“It was an honest and emotional homage” to a very good friend of Argentina, said Senator Anibal Fernandez who was a member of the delegation.
The Argentine president flew to Caracas as soon as she was informed of Chavez’ death Tuesday evening with a small representative delegation including her sister Giselle, her daughter Florencia and Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and First Lady Senator Lucia Topolansky.
Together with Mujica and Bolivia’s Evo Morales, they were the first heads of state to mourn as honour guard the coffin of Chavez.
Earlier in that day, Argentina’s ambassador to Venezuela, Carlos Cheppi, said that Cristina Fernández “felt an affection which went far beyond protocol with Chávez.”
“When (late former president) Néstor (Kirchner) died, Chávez was very supportive emotionally for Cristina (Fernández) and her family,” continued Cheppi, adding that “this is not a situation defined by protocol but by affection, family affection,”
Argentina’s ambassador to London Alicia Castro (who was formerly ambassador to Venezuela and is known to have been close to Chávez) stated from Britain that Chávez “will continue to play a highly important role in South American unity. Chávez was a leader who was indignant against injustice, intolerant toward inequality and who reported the causes of poverty”.
Early Wednesday Cristina Fernandez together with Uruguay’s Mujica and Dilma Rousseff from Brazil released a statement expressing their ‘deep regret’ adding that ‘the best form of tribute to (Chavez) would be to preserve his legacy, activism and commitment to the regional integration project”.
“Men as Chavez don’t die, they sow. One of the great merits of Hugo was to crack a mental and cultural structure of many compatriots who believed another Venezuela was not possible”, said the Argentine president after meeting with the Chavez family.
“The massive demonstration and grief from the people only ratifies the historic leadership of Chavez in his country and in the region”, added Cristina Fernandez, adding that his great legacy for the region was “unity”.
Paraphrasing the official communiqué of 1952, when the death of Evita Peron in Argentina which also saw hundreds of thousands turn to the streets to cry and mourn the ‘the protector of the poor’, Cristina Fernandez said that “Comandante Chavez, the companion and friend, has entered history”.
The decree establishing three days mourning and flags at half mast published in the Argentine gazette and which was signed before Cristina Fernandez left on Tuesday for Caracas, the introduction reads that “with the arrival of Hugo Chavez to the (presidential) palace of Miraflores and Nestor Kirchner to the Casa Rosada in 2003, an unprecedented historic era of close links between the two countries was opened”.
Late Thursday evening, Venezuelan authorities confirmed the arrival of Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff; Cuban president Raul Castro; Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa as well as representatives from multilateral organizations from the region such as OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza; ECLAC Alicia Bárcena and the Inter American Development bank president Luis Alberto Moreno, among others.
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Theydrop them in the sea off the islands and every couple of minutes it goes, “PING!!!!!” Scary has f.....!
Could we have a whip round to give her a one-way ticket to Venezuela ?
CFK,
you forget to thank him for his support over the falklands,
oh shit, ya cant can ya.
[ well, not any more ]
Stated from Britain that Chavez “will continue to play a highly important role in South American unity
[perhaps he will rise from the beyond,]
Some people will believe anything,
Still,
No doubt she will keep he’s name alive,
Poor cow, mooo.
.
Maybe the “imperialist disease” is contagious.
...
at least in her advanced state of plastification she won't need embalming.
She is already dead... brain dead...
If you look at that photo you can see she knows that without the Chavez freebies she is stuffed....
I wonder if she'll suddenly start calling Venezuela 'vultures' and accuse them of not acting like brothers because they won't stand by and allow her to steal all of their money.
Maybe she is an emotional wreck, trouble with her nerves, who knows, but something is deffinately up!
Sadly I have to agree with this completely.
They have got to do something to try and deflect the focus away. A sensible approach would be to do something so radical at home that the coverage of the referendum gets side lined. In reality given the current backwards or idiotic approach to the full situation they are far more likely to sale the ARA Libertad into Port Stanley under the false guise of friendship or something then scuttle her at the harbour claiming that as she is Argentine the ground which she rests on is also Arginine and as it’s at Port Stanley The Falkland’s are also Argentine.
She went with the intention of attending the funeral - she said as much before she left for Venezuela - but something changed her mind. It could be that there is not actually going to be a funeral anymore, more of a remembrance because Maduro has declared Chavez will be lying in state for at least another week. It is beneficial to his election campaign to have Chavez around as long as possible.
CFK has covered her early exit by stating she only went as a friend and not a President. Bullshit, of course, because she is the bloody President and should be there representing her country. And even as a friend, she should have attended. Something upset her and she threw a hissy fit.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 01:30 pm
“Something upset her and she threw a hissy fit.”
What upset her, apparently, was that she wanted to:
1) Replace Chávez as leader of the Bolivarian “revolution”,
2) Give the main speech and eulogy at the funeral.
The main speech will be given by Dilma Rousseff and Maduro is going to try for Chávez's jack-boots!!!!!!!
my feeling: all close friends to ck die...
@25 there has been a lot of criticism about her attitude to Once, she pissed off to Calafate when it happened and kept silent but with the death of Chavez declares 3 days of Duelo and comforts the family of Chavez. What about the victims families of Once ?
www.forbes.com/sites/halsinger/2013/03/07/argentina-has-the-power-to-avoid-catastrophe/
1- The was no suitcase full of money he promised her.
2-SHe saw how the people loved him and she can never have that.
So it seems she had to return to destroy Argentina at a much faster pace.....all so she can take care of the poor (that she created) and to be loved more. Peronist logic.
Good report apart from one fatal error.
Those of us who follow AR and its finances are convinced that the so called reserves are a lie.
There is ample evidence to support that with TMBOA having to raid the Central Bank AGAIN this year. ANSES only has IOUs from the government and INDEC is the institution providing most of these data.
Anyone believe INDEC? No, I didn't think so.
And now, as those of us referred to above already thought: the economy tanked last year - OFFICIAL.
So is there even USD 1.3 Bn in the kitty? There may be, but not for spending on the bond holders, it will be needed to buy LNG to heat the homes over winter or there will be yet another round of pot-banging in BsAS, this time serious.
They have only committed to 75% of the LNG they need to get through the winter.
I think they are desperate for U$ and are panicked. Absolutely panicked.
@23 Simon
Good to hear from you...and you've nailed it.
some stated she showed an insult by leaving,
still,
come the referendum,
she would have lost another victory.
@39 sussie please use you own name you are not clever enough to pretend to be other people
Poor CFK,
What a disastrous start to the now very unlucky 2013-
Her face frankly says it all,
She is tired exhausted and worn out,
No amount of plastic surgery can now deplete the sad lines of external failure,
We are perhaps seeing the final curtain of a debunked leader admired by her loyal indocronoughts,
And yet depleted support,
Her frankly, greedy obsession with the British Falklands, is falling apart,
Her failed attempt to cover up incompetence fraud corruption,
And the sorry state of her own country, bordering on a complete meltdown, is frankly a shameful decade in argentine history,
And yet the remedy and cure already for all to see, her retirement and replacement by a modern thinking person, who will recognise the self determination of the Falklands, and to let them be permanently none argentine, is sadly long over due,
Come Sunday and Monday the islanders will tell the world that they wish at this time to remain British, and for CFK and argentina to leave them alone in peace,
Thus in turn completely fxcking up CFKS last great failure,
And a failed victory,
Yes, 2013 will be a great year for the British, and even better for the Falkland islanders,
Still,
Its soon mothers day, where she can at last rest and see her future unfold,
A hero to some, a pain in the backside to the rest of the world,
Enjoy mothers day, then retire and fade into history, your time has come ,
Go now before you are pushed.
Just a happy thought.
Chavez is the worst that could happen to all the ignorant in Latin America.
The idiots do not understand a false prophet.
Now Venezuela Have their Peron takes look at Argentina that is your future Venezuela.
What bunch of losers looters?
Well the will be war in Venezuela just like in Argentina after Peron.
who cares?
news.yahoo.com/brazilian-leftist-rousseff-distances-herself-chavez-192826530.html
Welcome back. We have all missed your sycophantic postings and erudite English. When can we expect “the running dogs of capitalism” to feature from the Marxist book of cliches.
Would be a little embarrassing to be seen cosying up to him and difficult to explain to America whose support she wants over the Falklands vote !!!
Not very female friendly.
“Whatever the different paces of their domestic policies, there is no indication at all that any of the left led countries in the region are planning to crawl back to the imperialist and neoliberal camp with their tail between their legs...”
Are you serious, you Communist twit ??
Why should the countries with viable, growing economies tether themselves to the dysfunctional politics and self- destructive and limiting economic policies of Mercosur and Argentina who have screwed themselves??
Fine for Argentina, “misery loves company”, etc.
However, Brazil has huge potential - they, for one, could greatly expand their trade and economic growth by trading outside with the likes of the US, UK, Asia!!
Foreign Capitsl investment and joint industrial ventures, not available to Argentina, WILL be a big boon to Brazil, bringing them up to an economic leader in the decades to come.
Not so, for backward-looking Argentina.
;-(
I agree Brazil have a great potential they always did but take a look who is running the country left wing presidents just this week Dilma is lowering the taxes for food but she will increase the taxes to business all she is doing is a transfer of wealth she still expanding her welfare program she is reversing some of Lula free market approach( Intervening with price control) brazil is o ready uncompetitive that is why they push hard for Venezuela to get in the Mercosur they need Venezuela for uncompetitive trade which is collapsing under their social unsustainable program Venezuela is a disaster but the in south America they are brain dead to see the socialism of the 21th century is the same disaster that all ways was.
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